CVE-2023-1299 Nomad Job Submitter Privilege Escalation Using Workload Identity

What is CVE-2023-1299?

CVE-2023-1299 is a high-severity vulnerability in HashiCorp Nomad, published on 14 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.0 allow a job submitter to escalate to management-level privileges using workload identity and task API. Fixed in 1.5.1.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1299?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/hashicorp/nomad. It affects 1 product.

Products include Hashicorp Nomad.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1299?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/nomad to 1.5.1 or later.

Is CVE-2023-1299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in HashiCorp Nomad

• CVE-2023-1782 Nomad Unauthenticated Client Agent HTTP Request Privilege Escalation Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-30324 Privilege escalation in Hashicorp Nomad Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7956 Improper Certificate Validation in HashiCorp Nomad Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-12618 Hashicorp Nomad Access Control Issues Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-27195 Use After Free in HashiCorp Nomad Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rqm8-q8j9-662f, GO-2023-1633, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1299.